University of Maryland student sentenced in rampage threats

A University of Maryland student charged with making online threats of a campus rampage was sentenced to probation Thursday.

Alexander Song, 19, of Fulton, pleaded guilty in August to disturbing the peace at a school or college and misuse of telephone facilities.

On Thursday afternoon, Song received a sentence of six months suspended jail time and three years supervised probation. Should Song violate his probation, he would face the possibility of being sentenced to three years in prison.

Song was arrested in March after police said he wrote online that he planned "to kill enough people to make it to national news."

Song posted phrases like, "I will be on a shooting rampage tomorrow on campus." The message also warned people to "stay away from the mall tomorrow at 1:30."

Campus police had traced the messages back to Song's Internet protocol address in his dorm room.

Detectives said the honors student told officers that he had been under stress. Officers found no weapons in his dorm room or in his parents' house.

Song remains banned from the University of Maryland-College Park campus.

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